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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Hot coals

It's the day that so many have waited so long for -- the semi-annual bar exam, here in Oregon and all over the country. Good luck to all the test takers out there who are undergoing the ordeal today and tomorrow.

The real fun this year is that the Bar Exam site is across the street from Ikea and the second day of the exam and opening day of Ikea coincide. I have a friend taking it who lives in SW PDX but is staying at the hotel so he doesn't have to deal with the insane traffic.

Just got home about a half hour ago from day 1. My writing arm has never been so sore. And can you believe they didn't even have the common courtesy to ask a tax question? Though that in no way lessens the enjoyment I experienced in Jack's BarBri lecture.

Nothing but multiple choice questions standing between me and a license to practice law.

Ted didn't note that note only was there not a tax question, but there were the equivalent of two ethics questions, in addition to the MPRE in February. Would you old farts stop screwing up so much so that we can get some standard questions?
Oh, and the Civ Pro question was discovery; not one wink about jurisdiction or service.
Methinks that the state Bar is in a war with BarBri to make the review classes worthless. The Bar asks a Big Subject question, but then hunts out a totally obscure area to focus on. Lucky us testtakers. :-)
6 more hours...

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 113
At this date last year: 155
Total run in 2016: 155
In 2015: 271
In 2014: 401
In 2013: 257
In 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269